Prince William admits: 'I love a fry-up but only with brown bread'

Prince William has disclosed that he enjoys a "healthy" fry-up,
complete with brown sauce but by only using brown bread rather than white
because “I am a healthy kind of person”.

Prince William is partial to a fry up, and recently cooked full English breakfasts for homeless peoplePhoto: HELLO/PA

7:30AM GMT 21 Dec 2009

His mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, used to say that she would “walk miles” for a good bacon sandwich, and now it emerges that Prince William, too, is partial to a fry-up.

What is more, the prince says that, with his brother Prince Harry, he often has competitions to see who can cook “the best and quickest fried egg” for breakfast and claims some notable successes.

The Prince, 27, won some praise when he cooked full English breakfasts for homeless people at an event earlier this month to celebrate CentrePoint’s 40th birthday, although Milly Aber, the charity’s chef, said his scrambled egg still needed some work.

The Prince told Hello! Magazine that he does his bit to cut down on the calories when he can.

He may cover his butties in brown sauce, but he says he always uses brown bread rather than white “as I am a healthy kind of person”.